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Marketers say COVID vaccines create hope for quick return of in-person events
But whether organizers can safely get conferences up and running in 2021 is another question altogether.
Henry Powderly on February 1, 2021 at 11:37 am
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“We can’t wait to come back,” says Michael Bartholow about attending in-person conferences. “It’s really one of the best parts of a lot of our jobs.”
But asked when he will feel safe to attend events, the marketing and education director at digital experience agency Bounteous is far less certain.
“A few marketing events in the industry are really excited to get back together in May of this year, and that seems really optimistic to me.”
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Henry Powderly on December 23, 2020 at 2:56 pm
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DEC. 14, 2020 Nurse Sandra Lindsay is the first American to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York. (Courtesy: Northwell Health)
Last week, the United States began the historic rollout of the first approved vaccine for COVID-19, giving the country and the rest of the world some long-overdue optimism that this grim pandemic will soon come to an end.